This site is dedicated to little Zachary Elsenpeter. Zachary is a 5 year old boy who received a kidney transplant from his father Wade Elsenpeter on December 1, 2004.

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Mar 27, 2009

Last night was not a very good night for Zachary; As a parent I cried watching my child suffer from hallucinations for the second time in a month. From 2am till 10am this morning Zachary was scream; thinking that black spiders were crawling all over his body and in his bed. He was terrified screaming kicking and was uncontrollable for hours. They tried to sedate him and he only got worse. Last night was one of the hardest nights for me because I have never seen Zach this scared in my life; I have never seen anyone this scared before ever! not even on TV. It is now 2pm and on and off he will say what’s that; something’s in my bed. The DRS think he was having another Medication reaction to one of his Meds.

The psychologist said that it is very rare for a child to Hallucinate like Zachary has been doing.  I just want my little boy back; the one I had before we came in a month ago.

The Care Conference didn’t go as planned; The Drs all feel that there is nothing we can do, but wait to see what Zachary’s stomach and Bowels are going to do. So The plan is the same, Just wait and try to start his feeds again and if this time it doesn’t work they will have to think about doing another bowel surgery to clean the scar tissue and adheasions again. Which we will wait a few more months before I will let anyone open him again.

 Pleas pray for Zachary to get better and for our family there has been a lot of tension between all of us and poor Kiley is having a really hard time with us not all being together.

Thank you for your prayers,

Stacey

 

 

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Leave a comment | 5 Responses to “It Didn’t go as planned”

Stacey,
I am so very sorry that things are so tough right now. You guys have had more than your share of trials. I know that God will give you and your family the strength that you need to get through this. It is so hard watching your child suffer day after day, and feeling as if there is absolutely nothing that you can do for them. We are praying for you all! Hang in there!

I feel ow disheartened you are with all of this, I can only imagine the pain of seeing Zach hallucinate and the total feeling of no control for everyone involved. These diseases affect everyone in the family in one way or another. We are praying and wishing for the miracle that is waiting for Zach to arrive sooner than later.

Paul & Rita Hahn

Stacey—I can’t even begin to fathom how hard it must have been for you to see your son go through that. Our prayers will be with you—I remember two weeks ago when Zach sang so softly with us “Jesus Love Me”. Do you think he’d like to do that again? I don’t want to stop by if you think the music will agitate him—but if it could distract him a bit—what do you think? Let me know if you can!

Oh my gosh!! I can’t believe he’s doing that again!! It’s unimaginable! They need to figure this out. The care conference didn’t help at all. Can’t they take responsibility for what they have done to him? Unreal!! Those Dr’s need to step up and get Zachary better and out of that hospital. Please consider a 2nd opinion. You can at any time, don’t forget. We send our hugs to Zachary!!!! I know it’s so hard on Kiley. I feel so bad for her! It’s always been really hard on Meg too. The siblings get the short end of the deal. We pray every day for Zachary!! HGUS!!!!!

Stacey, I know you are dealing with a lot and all these drs. are giving you is the run around. I know its hard but I would seriously consider getting him the heck out of there. I would definately be looking into other places right now. I know it may be hard but I think he needs some drs. that care about his overall well being and I don’t think he is getting it there. Lots of prayers coming your way, I hope solutions come soon for you!!!